Elevated mid-trimester maternal corticotrophin-releasing hormone levels in pregnancies that delivered before 34 weeks

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1041-1046

  Leung, T N ^a   Chung, T K H ^a   Madsen, Gemma ^b   McLean, Mark ^c   Chang, A M Z ^a   Smith, Roger ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032850838     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08111.x     Document Type: Article

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